Combined music holder and leaf turner



Dec. 7,1926. V 1,609,775

W. F. SCHUCHERT COMBINED MUSIC HOLDER AND LEAF TURNER Filed Feb. 15, 1926 P. Sheets-Shaev l Inventor Attorney W. F. SCHUCHERT COMBINED MUSIC HOLDER AND LEAF TURNER Dec. 7 1926.

Filed Feb. 15, 1926 2 $heets-$heei 2 flttorney Patented Dec. 7, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM F. SCHUCHERT, OF DOWAGIAC, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO DANIEL WILMOT BILLS. OF DOVVAGIAC. MICHIGAN.

COMBINED MUSIC HOLDER AND LEAF TURNER.

Application filed February This invention relates to a combined music holder and music leaf turner, and has for its principal object to provide a structure which may be conveniently mounted on a piano, so that the music leaves may be advantageously supported and easily and readily turned with very little effort, and very quickly.

Another very important object of the 1nvention is to provide a device of this nature which is compact in its construction, and may be folded to provide a still more compact structure for storing or transportation purposes.

A still further very important ob ect of the invention is the provision of a device of this nature which is exceedingly simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture, strong, durable, and not likely to easily become out of order, and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

lVith the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certaln novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing 2- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device embodying the features of this invention,

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken therethrough, taken substantially on the line 22 of Fig. 1, v

Fig. 3 is a detail fragmentary elevation of the device,

Fig. 4- is a detail view of one of the turners,

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail'section taken substantially on the line 55 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the supporting brackets.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that the foldable music supporting frame is indicated generally by the letter A and consists of a central bar 5 having its upper portion provided with a longitudinally extending slot 6, while its lower end is provided with a forwardly and laterally disposed extension 7. A pair of ledges 8 are pivoted at 9 to the bottom end of the bar 5 and are provided at their outer ends with elongated slots 10. Rods 11 are provided with pins 12 slidable in slots 10, and are pivoted as at 13 to top rods 14 and diagonal rods 15. The diagonal rods '15 are pivoted to the ledges 8 and post 5 at 9.

15, 1926. Serial No. 88.280.

Thetop rods 14: are provided with a pivot pin 17 slidabl-e in the rod 6. The pivots 13, therefore, may be swung upwardly and to ward each other for folding the frame, at which time the pivot pin 17 moves downwardly in the slot 6 and the pivot pins 12 move inwardly of the slots 10.

Brackets 18 are afiixed as at 19 to the ledges 8. The ends of these brackets are bent either as shown in Fig. 3, or Fig. 2 for the purpose of engaging the usual music supporting panel provided on the piano.

A shaft 20 is provided in the extension 7 and depends downwardly therefrom. A plurality of music leaf turners indicated generally by the letter B are engaged on this shaft 20. Each turner B includes a frame 22 which may be of any preferred construction engaging a sheet of music. These frames are interposed one between each pair of sheets. A shank 23 extends from the frame and is bent angularly as at 24 to provide a shank 25 that is coiled as at 26 for receiving a bearing sleeve 27 and then terminates in an actuating finger or arm 28.

The coils 26 and bearing sleeve 27 are maintained on the shaft 20 by a removable spring clip 29, or in any other suitable manner, in order that the turner-s may be easily and quickly assembled or disassembled in respect to said shaft.

From the above detailed description, it will be seen that l have provided an exceedingly compact and conventional arrangement of parts which forms a readily knockdown structure that is also capable of being easily and quickly folded. It will be further seen that the device possesses a very simple structure which is strong and durable and particularly efficient in use.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility, and advantages of this invention will now be clearly understood by those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof. The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed in detail since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as de sirable in the statement of the invention and the above description. It will be apparent that numerous changes in the details of construction, in the combination and arrangement of parts may be hereinafter resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as l'iereinafter set forth and claimed, or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

A music leaf turner of the class described including a support, a shaft extending from the support, a leaf engaging member formed from a single strand of material bent to form a rectangular frame and merging at one end into a shank bent at a. substantial right angle so that one portion of the shank extends downwardly from the frame and the other portion extends transversely of the frame and outwardly therefrom, said shank merging into a coil the axis of which is disposed in parallelism with the portion of the shank extending from the frame, said coil terminating in an oblong loop the mediate dimension of which extends in parallelism to the portion of the shank ad j aeent the coil, said coil adapted to rotate on said shaft.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature,

WVILLIAM F. SCHUCHERT. 

